Synonymy:
Ombrophila violacea var. janthina (Fr.) P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 19: 88 (1871)
Helotium janthinum (Fr.) Lambotte [as 'ianthinum'], Fl. myc. Belg. (Verviers) 2: 307 (1880)
Hymenoscyphus janthinum (Fr.) Lambotte, Fl. myc. Belg. (Verviers) 2: 307 (1880)
Phialea janthina (Fr.) Gillet [as 'ianthina'], Champignons de France, Discom.(4): 102 (1881) [1879]
Coryne janthina (Fr.) Boud. [as 'ianthina'], Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 97 (1907)
Neottiella janthina (Fr.) Ryman, in Eriksson, Symb. bot. upsal. 36(no. 2): 193 (2014)

Octospora violacea Hedw., Descr. micr.-anal. musc. frond. (Lipsiae) 2: 27, tab. 7[A], figs 1-7 (1789)
Peziza janthina Fr., Systema Mycologicum 2(1): 130 (1822)
Cudonia violacea (Hedw.) Quél., Enchiridion Fungorum in Europa media et praesertim in Gallia Vigentium: 267 (1886)
Coryne violacea (Hedw.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 97 (1907)

Ombrophila violacea Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 357 (1849)

Ombrophila violacea var. rossica Henn., Hedwigia 42(Beibl.): (115) (1903)
Coryne violacea var. rossica (Henn.) Boud., Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 97 (1907)

Ombrophila violacea var. olivacea Rick, Brotéria, sér. bot. 25(2-3): 120 (1931)

Position in classification:
Ombrophila, Gelatinodiscaceae, Helotiales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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